The words "breast cancer" may be the two most frightening words a woman will ever hear. But the more you know about the disease and what we can do about it today, the less frightening it can be. The Comprehensive Breast Center at Bryn Mawr Hospital is pleased to provide patients and their families with a wide variety of informational materials to help you understand the disease get a more complete picture of the technologies and procedures we use at the Comprehensive Breast Center to detect, diagnose and treat it.

Click the links below to access articles and information on a wide variety of breast cancer-related from both our Health Library and from our own physician specialists.

• Health Library: Breast Cancer
  An in-depth overview of the causes, risk factors, and treatments for breast cancer including practical information on managing and coping with cancer. More Info! 

• Health Library: Cancer Procedures 
  A comprehensive guide to the many cutting-edge procedures used today to screen for, diagnose and treat cancer. More Info! 

• Health Library: Women's Health
  Visit our Women's Health Library for dozens of articles on health topics of particular interest to women. More Info! 

• A Bigger, Better Breast Center
  A profile of the Comprehensive Breast Center originally appearing in ADVANCE Magazine. View Article!

• Full-Field Digital Mammography
  John Stassi, MD, Director of Breast Imaging describes the state-of-the-art radiological technologies the Comprehensive Breast Health Center employs to screen for and detect breast cancer at its earliest and most treatable stages. View Article!

• Partial Breast Irradiation Employing Mammosite Device at Bryn Mawr Hospital
  Richard A. Carella, Chief of Radiation Oncology at Main Line Health presents a case study describing the effectiveness of Mammosite, one of the revolutionary treatment procedures used at the Comprehensive Breast Health Center. View Article!

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